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MLA Releases Guidelines on Evaluating Public Humanities Work

Inside Higher Ed

The Modern Language this week released guidelines by which faculty members, department and institutions may evaluate publicly engaged humanities scholarship. The group says the guidelines are needed to drive the peer-review process for work published in nonacademic venues and that reaches audiences beyond academe. Hide by line?:

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Is Academic Scholarship Stagnating?

Inside Higher Ed

Then there are the US and Canadian institutions that are rapidly climbing up the rankings: Toronto and the University of Alberta, Emory, Southern Cal, and Vanderbilt – not the campuses that automatically come to mind. Would it be judged on scholarship, influence, or some other elements?

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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The higher education institutions conferring honorary degrees on Zelensky committed to assisting Ukraine in other ways. Scholarships, for example, are an especially effective means to help Ukrainians build a better future for their nation. Mark Zupan has served as the 14th president of Alfred University since July 2016.

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The Dr. Melvin C. Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. Awards Scholarships to Two Doctoral Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

has awarded doctoral students with its 2024 MCT Scholarship. Jayla Moody Marshall We are honored to present this scholarship to such exemplary recipients who embody our foundations mission. Her scholarship empowers marginalized students' voices and narratives to foster more inclusive and equitable spaces in higher education.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Launch Scholarship Program as Part of Federal Agriculture Career Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nina Lyon-Bennett will be heading a scholarship initiative for students pursuing degrees related to agriculture and family and consumer sciences at UAPB and Fort Valley State University. The ability to afford tuition is a major factor impacting student enrollment, retention, and persistence to graduation.”

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Scottish grants for int’l early-career climate scholars

The PIE News

This week, the British Council Scotland and Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities awarded 13 international EARTH scholarships to early-career researchers. One EARTH scholarship recipient is Camellia Biswas, who is a doctoral researcher in Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indiana Institute of Technology.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx. population representing a 13% growth from the year 2000, according to the Latino Policy & Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. totaled 62.5